2nd Annual Mississippi State Parks
On The Air
Note: this is not an official POTA event.
Purpose
• To promote public awareness of Amateur radio and Mississippi’s State Parks On The Air (MSPOTA).
• To promote a spirit of friendship and goodwill within the ranks of Mississippi Amateur Radio Operators and Amateur Radio clubs.
• To encourage contact with other Amateur Radio Operators around the state, country, and world.
• To provide additional field operating experience for Mississippi’s Amateur Radio Operators.
While any existing POTA entity can be activated for this event, emphasis will be given to any State Park run by the state Wildlife and Fisheries. There may be some of you that would not be able to activate if you had to travel to a state park, so we will not penalize you for that. But if you can, please make the effort to go to a state park.
If you do plan to do a state park, email your reservation of one or more of the parks in the below list that you plan to activate to wf5w.ms@gmail.com with the number of the parks, and your callsign.
|
POTA Number |
Park Name |
Activator Reservation |
| US-2532 | Buccaneer State Park | WG5GK, AE5MU |
| US-2533 | Clarkco State Park | |
| US-2534 | Florewood State Park | |
| US-2535 | George P Cossar State Park | |
| US-2536 | Golden Memorial State Park | WB5SKM |
| US-2537 | Great River Road State Park | |
| US-2538 | Holmes County State Park | |
| US-2539 | Hugh White State Park | AD5IT, W5BAM |
| US-2540 | John W. Kyle State Park | K5NDA |
| US-2541 | J P Coleman State Park | |
| US-2542 | Lake Lincoln State Park | |
| US-2543 | Lake Lowndes State Park | |
| US-2544 | Lefleur’s Bluff State Park | |
| US-2545 | Legion State Park | |
| US-2546 | Leroy Percy State Park | |
| US-2547 | Natchez State Park | |
| US-2548 | Paul B. Johnson State Park | |
| US-2549 | Percy E Quin State Park | |
| US-2550 | Roosevelt State Park | N5KAH |
| US-2551 | Shepard State Park | AG5WY (Jim Price), WF5W |
| US-2552 | Tishomingo State Park | |
| US-2553 | Tombigbee State Park | |
| US-2554 | Trace State Park | |
| US-2555 | Wall Doxey State Park | KD5PIT |
| US-9847 | Clark Creek Natural Area State Park |
Dates
Statewide MS POTA event date: April 12, 2025: 1300 UTC to 2259 UTC (8 am – 5:59 pm CDT local time). Alternate date will be on April 26, 2025, same times.
Modes and Bands
Modes of Operation: SSB, CW and FT8/4 or any other legal mode.
Amateur Radio Bands: Any Ham Radio band that is legal in POTA can be used. Also, 2m and 70cm – VHF/UHF Simplex is acceptable.
Stations may be worked once on each band, mode, and by activator.
Hunters
To receive a certificate by email, your email must be correct in the QRZ database. Please read the document below for further details.
Activators
All details are in this PDF document:
